<font face="Book Antiqua"><font size="4"><font color="beige">Battalion, attention! The Corps of Cadets will pass and review. In attendance for todays review and Change of Command, positioned on the Reviewing stand are the following CSA Officers:
Gen Willie Tisdale, Chief of the Armies
Maj Gen Alvin Baker, CSA Chief of Staff
Gen Robert Weir, Eastern Theater Commander
Maj Gen Cameron McOmish, Western Theater Commander
Lt Gen Kenyon Whitehead, Commandant of the CSA War College
Gen John Dragan, Commanding the Army of Alabama
Gen John Newton, Commanding the Army of Northern
Gen Nick Kunz, Commanding the Army of Georgia, acting Commandant of VMI
Maj Gen Jon Hopper, Commanding the Army of the Mississippi
Maj Gen Tom Phillips, Dean of Cadets, VMI
Fld Lt James Weathers Jr. Adjutant to the Commandant, VMI
Special guess invited to attend:
Gen D. W. Mallory, AotM
Lt Gen Steve Kitchen, Chief of Staff, ANV
Brig Gen Allan Hovey, Chief of Staff, AoA
Col Robert Wilson, Chief of Staff, AoG
Col Stewart Stiles, Chief of Staff, WTC
Forming the Corps of Cadets for the parade are the following Graduates and current Cadets for the Class of 2010:
Col Blake Strickler, AotM
Maj Joseph Medeiros, AotM
Capt Mark Davis, AoA
Capt Marcos Ruiz, AoG
Capt James Foster, AotM
Fld Lt Scott Reed, AoA
Fld Lt Yvan Durand, AoA
Cadet Nate Cushman, VMI
<b>Colonel Blake Strickler</b>, front and center Suh! Colonel Strickler, on orders from Richmond I, General Nick Kunz, acting Commandant, pass the VMI staff to you as the next serving Commandant of this fine Institution. Your country is counting on you and your staff to continue to up hold the high standards set here and to prepare our young men to lead their charges into battle. You are also presented the ribbon for serving CSA Senior Officers
Salutes are exchanged and the rest of the CSA Officers move forward to offer their congratulations to Colonel Strickler. A luncheon will be served in the VMI Mess Hall following the ceremony.
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<font color="limegreen"><font size="4">Gen Nick Kunz
Commanding
Army of Georgia
'Nulli Secundus'</font id="limegreen"><font color="orange">
Instructor
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